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November 12, 2009

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Documents filed in a lawsuit in a Georgia court against one of the founders of the Tea Party Patriots group by her former colleagues offers some glimpses at the origins of the populist conservative movement.

The lawsuit, which I mentioned earlier, against former National Coordinator Amy Kremer, who lives in Atlanta, is seeking to force her to stop using the group's name and to turn over control and passwords to e-mail lists, websites and social networking sites.

The legal filings offer a glimpse at a group that, while sometimes cast by critics as a front for corporate-backed groups with which it works, comes across as essentially grass roots and at times chaotic.

When the group incorporated itself in May, for instance, "Ms. Kremer volunteered to legal counsel that the corporation could use her parents' address as the address for its registered agent, and she volunteered to serve as the registered agent," says the filing.

The request for a temporary injunction filed by the group's current leadership, details a feud over Kremer's "desire to participate in a proposed bus tour known as 'Tea Party Express,' which was to be sponsored by a political action committee," and her colleagues' legal and other reservations about the alliance.

As the argument grew more bitter in September, Kremer e-mailed the others, "The grassroots of this movement will love this top down organization."

Then, the motion alleges, "Kremer changed the password for the Constant Contact e-mail list and database" and "attempted to lock TPP out of access to the Websites."

Kremer didn't respond to an e-mail about the lawsuit; her statement on the topic is here.

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Ha ha ha it was just a matter of time that this inbreeds turned on each other. Sit back and enjoy the internecine bloodbath. Once they beat each other to a pulp we will move in for the kill and send them to education camps and to death panels. We shall rid the Republic of these unproductive undesirables. The Republic shall be renewed free from morons, skirt chart chasing do as I say not as I bone up anything that moves stupid conservatives. Then only then will the founding fathers be vindicated. A society free of tyranny, ignorance and chaos. let's roll and get rid of these America hating right wing nuts. Ye shall go the way of your forebears Hitler, Mussolini, Fransisco etc.

These people are such a joke. The dems don't have to worry about them. They are destroying what is left of the GOP and will implode on themselves in the end. Hate and fear can not be sustained because it ultimately against humanity.

It's good to see all the far-left liberals have chimed in. Hope no one is calling you "inbreed," but of course, that's just par for the course when it comes to socialist-lites, doesn't it? The Tea Party Patriots and the Tea Party Express are two, distinct organzations. TPP is strictly grassroots; I should know, I am the Colorado Springs chapter media outreach guy. The TPE is funded by a Republican PAC that is sending it around this country. I for one backed the injunction because for the TPP to be seen as partisan, like the TPE is, would undermine the Tea Party brand. Thus, the injunction because Kremer was crossing the line. End of story FAR LEFTIES!

It's good to see all the far-left liberals have chimed in. Hope no one is calling you "inbreed," but of course, that's just par for the course when it comes to socialist-lites, doesn't it? The Tea Party Patriots and the Tea Party Express are two, distinct organzations. TPP is strictly grassroots; I should know, I am the Colorado Springs chapter media outreach guy. The TPE is funded by a Republican PAC that is sending it around this country. I for one backed the injunction because for the TPP to be seen as partisan, like the TPE is, would undermine the Tea Party brand. Thus, the injunction because Kremer was crossing the line. End of story FAR LEFTIES!
Posted By: TacAirlifter
Yeah, right. Like the "tea parties" AREN'T partisan? GMAFB! The "tea parties" are nothing more than Obama hate fests, populated by mostly older, white, uneducated bigots. We've SEEN the pics. We've SEEN the footage and the racist signs. You tea party lunatics aren't fooling anyone except the fools that engage in your moronic "tea parties". We all laugh at you corporate dupes.

TacAirlifter is lying. I'm the real Colorado Springs chapter media outreach guy and he doesn't know what he's talking about. If he continues to misrepresent the Tea Party movement he can talk to my lawyer!

Anyone who doesn't realize the the tea parties are more protest against the Republicans than the Dems is a fool. It's big business and big government cozying up to each other (like this abomination of a 'health care' bill) that we're trying to stop. Yes, the Dems have become the new fascist party, but it's the Republicans' complicity that we're really steamed about.

SouthernMan: You are absolutely right. It was the liberals that created the KKK and promoted them, for two reasons. It made them look like the good guys when they stepped in and declared that the "minority" needs their help, as in housing projects, abortion clinics and food stamps, by thinking that the minority is beneath them, and for the fact that they got to collect tax money for such deadly causes. Liberal: "You need me to protect you because I'm rich and white and you're poor and ... :" Elitist racist

SB, acutally you have the time frames wrong.... The progressives started us down the path of socialism in the early 1900's. The KKK tried to (and succeeded in several ways) keep the blacks down and the northerns out! (read republicans), and that started around the time of the Civil War. The Republican party is the one that emancipated the slaves, the Democratic Party wanted to keep them down. Funny ain't it!

I honestly didn't think any of those inbreeds had sense enough to know how to bring about a law suit. I hope they continue with their tea party scam so that Americans can get a daily reminder of what a bunch of buffoons and idiots they are especially with the Congressional "good ol boy Republicans network " boosting them. up.

Patrick: "The whole tea-bagging infrustructure is crumbling"
Funny how all the liberals know what "tea-bagging" is. I guess Patrick has had a few dunked at him before, no? LOL.
Keep calling half of America names, calling them stupid, calling them 'inbred'. Keep it up. Even Obama mentioned the 't' word. Keep alienating half of America.
We'll see where hateful, sexually deviant speach gets you in 2010.
Wow... people don't want govt to waste money, doesn't want govt to borrow money, and don't want to saddle their kids and gradkids with insurmountable debt. yeah... Those crazy idiots!
Dissent WAS patriotic just a year ago. Have you changed your mind?

WHOA Liberals! First you say that the Tea Party Movement is astro turf. Then you say it's actually an ORGANIZATIONED effort. THEN you make jokes that the grass root organizers "inbreeds" and UNORGANIZED?
Make up your frackin' Liberal rotten little rat brains!
It CAN'T be all of the above!
WOW, what buffoons. Spin, Liberals Spin. You've only got another 11 months to do so, so enjoy while you can. Just the fact the TPP is UNORGANIZED makes lying idiots out of ALL of you! I am laughing, SERIOUSLY, my butt off at your desperate antics!

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I especially like the free from prejudice or bigotry. This whole hatred thing the right wingers are engaged in is getting very, very old.

I love seeing the left wing voting themselves out of their freedoms. The poor idiots really do not have a clue how they are being used by the pseudo Messiah who is a failure and a liar. The Tea Party is bigger than one person and will bite you socialists in the *** in 2010. You are the ones that should go to re-education camps if there is any brain matter left to work with.

I agree with Chris, I feel "somewhat" for teabaggers as I don't think most of them realize they are only being used by uber wealthy corporate American which needs vote numbers. They are fed such lies it's unbelievable. But they go along with it out of fear, so I don't know how far my symathy goes for them. Sad.

The Tea Party Movement isn't just one group. This one was incorporated in May. Our family went to a 'tea party' protest in March, organized by a local radio show to protest the California tax increases. There were a couple of people there giving away 'tea bags' and I hung one on my sunglasses. We destroyed DVDs of Arnold Schwarzenneger. We were protesting overspending, the refusal of the government to listen to the people, and corruption. It had nothing to do with a political party, or Obama. It is way beyond those things. People are just sick and tired of government forcing themselves upon our lives.

Are all Democrats so crass? Or is it just the Progressives?
Dems should purge progressives out of their party, if they want to be re-elected.
The Democratic Party cannot continue to be the party of ingrates and rude people.

Actually, Patrick the Socialist, about 20,000 people showed up for the press conference last week. Slightly more than 37, but I would not expect you to be able to comprehend that. NY23 is in the midst of a recount and I am willing to bet that your "bell weather" race that was the only one to measure Obama by, will be about as close to a draw as you can get, once all the votes are counted. Not just the demoncrap votes or areas, a la Gore the green whore in 2000. Since NY23 is a toss up, what does that tell you about the national opinion of your messiah?

Tea Party protest rallies are nothing more but heart and mind flea markets for tin-foil hat political groups such as the one imploding on this blog post.
Once the economy improves, and once your average joe realizes the fears of Obama turning the us into Commiestan are unfounded, the tea party movement will be lucky to muster the numbers to fill a Waffle House.

Conservatives Hate America, you fool......anyone who rambles like you do, with your "These inbreeds"...'enjoy the interecine'...'skirt chart chasing do as I say not as I bone up'....'the way of your forebears', proves your lunacy beyond any shadow of doubt, but, it is your type of imbecile that the left wants....no thought process...no education...no indivduality of thinking.....and so on.

"TacAirlifter" and "not the senator" are lying. I'm the real Tea Party Patriots Colorado Springs chapter media outreach guy.
You can tell because everything I say comes directly from Dick Armey, former GOP congressman, corporate lobbyist and TPP founder. This proves that I am truly grassroots and not merely a puppet being manipulated by the Republican party and corporate interests. Also, I'm really, really stupid.

Patrick the Socialist....I requested that Politico consider 'teabaggers' as abusive and obscene...obviously they have denied my request, but I pose a question to all you fithy left wingers....what would Politico say if we on the right were constantly calling you on the left 'ball suckers'? I will bet that will be x'd out, but it is exactly the same thing . I, also find it sad that a former president (Clinton) finds it ok to use in his tirades against the TEA PARTY members....but I knew he was a ball-sucker from way back.

"TacAirlifter" and "not the senator" are lying. I'm the real Tea Party Patriots Colorado Springs chapter media outreach guy.
You can tell because everything I say comes directly from Dick Armey, former GOP congressman, corporate lobbyist and TPP founder. This proves that I am truly grassroots and not merely a puppet being manipulated by the Republican party and corporate interests. Also, I'm really, really stupid.

I am not stupid, just a hard working Southern Californian who is sick and tired of the lies and tricks (ie corruption) that our government is continually perpetating against us.
Earlier this year, the state of California dumped upon us the largest tax increase in state history. Afterward, they wanted to raise them again in May. The language on the ballot was deceptive and we were outraged. We punished the Republican leader by recalling him. Google it. His name is Anthony Adams. Now, the state government is raising our withholding 10%. Oh really? How are we punishing them now? We have started a petition for the ballot next year to put the politicians on part-time employment - with part-time pay. Who has led this teaparty? Two local liberal radio talk show hosts. Yes, liberal. This is not just one group of people. It is simply people who are sick of being manipulated by their government.